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Dol-y-Fan Round Cairn is a prehistoric funerary monument located in Radnorshire, Wales, and is scheduled as an ancient monument under the reference Cadw SAM RD125. The cairn dates to the Bronze Age and represents the ritual and funerary practices of this period, when such mounded stone structures served as burial monuments for individuals or small communities. The site reflects the religious and ceremonial significance attached to burial practices during the Bronze Age, a period marked by the construction of numerous cairns across the Welsh uplands. As a round cairn, it exemplifies the monument type commonly erected during the Bronze Age across Britain and Wales for commemorative and mortuary purposes.
Dol-y-Fan Round Cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference RD125. View the official record →
Dol-y-Fan Round Cairn is a prehistoric funerary monument located in Radnorshire, Wales, and is scheduled as an ancient monument under the reference Cadw SAM RD125. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference RD125.
Dol-y-Fan Round Cairn dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a round cairn. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Dol-y-Fan Round Cairn is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Cadw — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Wales. The official designation reference is RD125.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman Fortlet (revealed by aerial photography), Disserth (7.5 km), Standing Stone SSE of Dol-y-Felin (7.6 km), Carneddau round cairns (8.1 km).
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